Just like "I was just following orders" was not an excuse, "My religion claims I had to do it" is neither. If you behave as an offensive bigot, you are an offensive bigot. Petty excuses will not be tolerated. Ramen.

What version of WoD is this?@Flamma and that's a vital difference. The "silly idea" I was talking about was the rule difference and such, if they are just a subset of the rules, that's fine and makes sense.

Is the scope of my campaign too large?This is overall a great post, but the "Don't save the cool things for later" manages to be even better than the rest. It's a really really great advice, which stands out because for some reason it's often neglected and forgot.

Can a bard directly take the Improved Familiar feat?-1 "since I could potentially take the feat Obtain Familiar, it could be argued that I am in a position where I could take a new familiar, and thus potentially be able to take Improved Familiar immediately" this makes no sense at all.